New research on the feeding habits of the desert rat-kangaroo could help locate the possibly extinct species, with ...

When it comes to how hard an animal can bite, size always matters. There may be no truer a case of this than the desert rat-kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris), known as the ngudlukanta to the ...

The desert rat-kangaroo, thought extinct, may still exist in the Sturt Stony Desert. Research on its skull biomechanics reveals it likely consumed softer foods, contrary to previous beliefs.

Although declared extinct in 1994, people claim to have seen desert rat-kangaroos since, and analysis of their museum ...

When we included the animal's smaller size into the analysis, the robust features of the desert rat-kangaroo's skull were only found to be effective enough to handle eating a softer range of foods." ...

A tiny marsupial species declared extinct decades ago may still be hopping around in the deserts of Australia — and a new ...

When it comes to how hard an animal can bite, size always matters. There may be no truer a case of this than the desert rat-kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris), known as the ngudlukanta to the ...

“We were surprised to find the heftier skull of the desert rat-kangaroo isn’t necessarily adapted for biting into harder foods. When we included the animal’s smaller size into the ...

“When we included the animal’s smaller size into the analysis, the robust features of the desert rat-kangaroo’s skull were only found to be effective enough to handle eating a softer range ...

The experts in marsupial evolution and ecology have compared the biting ability of different small animal skulls to understand the kinds of food the desert rat-kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris ...